Phoebe: Oh, look at how cute. I remember when baby Wyatt used to fit in there.

(Phoebe puts down her bags.)

Paige: This is not cute. This is the bassinet from hell. Do you know how to put this together?

Phoebe: No, that would be a Leo thing. I still can’t believe we’re bringing home a baby.

(Paige sits on the bed.)

Paige: Yeah, well, this baby’s not gonna have anywhere to sleep.

Phoebe: I know. What made us wait so long to do this baby room?

Paige: We were busy trying to keep Wyatt from turning evil.

Phoebe: Here, let me help you.

(She takes off her jacket.)

Paige: Yeah, which I’m glad we did, but it just means that he’s gonna need a bedroom.

(Phoebe picks up the bassinet.)

Phoebe: Yeah, well, even if he was evil, we’d need another bedroom.

Paige: Yeah, but now with everybody coming home plus one, we’re a room short.

Phoebe: Well, I guess I can sleep on the couch. I just really think we need to focus on the baby right now.

Paige: And on getting Chris home. Oh, remember him? You know? The nephew? The one you’ve been avoiding?

Phoebe: I am not.

Paige: Okay, so why weren’t you helping Gideon and I with the spell?

Phoebe: Because I was helping Leo trying to find the burdock root. It was very hard to find. It’s back-ordered everywhere. (She puts the bassinet down.) You’re right. You know what? We’re just gonna get Chris a new bassinet.

(She sits on the bed.)

Paige: I’m gonna miss him, too, you know.

Phoebe: It sucks. I mean, I know he’s going back to a better future and all. It’s just…we’re just getting to know him you know?

Paige: I know.

(The doorbell rings.)

Phoebe: I forgot to move my car.

(She leaves the room.)

[Cut to downstairs. Phoebe answers the door.]

Phoebe: Sheila.

(Sheila is standing in front of her, crying.)

Sheila: It’s getting to be a habit, isn’t it? Me showing up a wreck.

[Time lapse. Phoebe and Sheila are sitting on the couch in the living room. Phoebe hands Sheila a box of tissues. She takes one.]

Sheila: We never fight, that’s the thing. At least we never used to, but lately, Darryl’s just been so on edge, you know?

Phoebe: Any idea why?

Sheila: Actually, I was hoping you might know.

Phoebe: Me?

Sheila: I went to his work the other day just to say hi and I saw an arrest warrant on his desk, for Chris.

Phoebe: Chris? Are-are you sure?

Sheila: I’m positive. I even asked him about it, if he was gonna make it go away, and that’s when he just lost it. He told me to stay out of it and stay away from you girls from now on. Did something happen that I don’t know about?

Phoebe: A couple of weeks ago, Darryl got really scared when he was trying to cover up for us, and we felt horrible, you know, but obviously, it really affected him.

Sheila: Enough not to cover for Chris?

Phoebe: He got really scared. Maybe you just need to give him some time.

Sheila: Yeah, but that doesn’t help you right now, and it doesn’t help Chris. Look, I-I love Darryl, and I-I know this is eating him up inside, but you girls are like family to us. You don’t turn your back on family.

(Phoebe smiles.)

[Scene: Magic School. Chris draws a large triquetra symbol with chalk on the wall.]

Chris: I wonder how different the future’s gonna be, how much different my life is gonna be. (Chris steps back. Leo walks up to him.)

Leo: I just want you to get home safely. Now remember, if anything seems different, we have another vial of this to get back right away. (Leo gives him a potion.)

Chris: You worry too much, you know that? I’ll be fine.

Leo: I’m your father. It’s my job to worry. Now listen, when you get back there, you gotta take it easy on Wyatt, okay? You can’t hold a grudge.

Chris: Hey, as long as he’s not Ruler of All Evil, I’m cool.

Leo: I’m serious. He’s gonna be different. Good. He’s not gonna remember he wasn’t. So if you really want to change the future, you gotta start with a clean slate.

Chris: Okay. Okay, I get it. How about you? Are you starting with a clean slate?

Leo: How do you mean?

Chris: Like you and mom. Look, all I’m saying is I’d like to know where you two are headed before I go back, that’s all.

Leo: It’s complicated. I’m an Elder. I made a commitment.

Chris: So? It’s not like you haven’t broken the rules before. I’m living proof of that.

Leo: Yeah. We’ll see. Listen, we have enough of this stuff if you want to try a dry run before everybody gets here. What do you think?

Chris: Yeah. Let’s do it.

(Leo throws the potion at the triquetra. Before it hits the wall, the potion breaks. Leo and Chris fold their arms.)

Leo: That should have worked. I’ll get you home, buddy, I promise.

(Leo turns away. After a moment, Chris does too. Drops of blood appear on the floor, heading out the door.)

[Scene: Gideon’s office. The door opens. Gideon appears as he pulls down his hood. He has a cut in his left palm. He TKs the door close. He TKs the curtain open. Evil Gideon is licking the blood of his cut on his right hand.]

Evil Gideon: The sooner the better. Wyatt’s magic grows stronger by the day.

Gideon: That much power in one being…

Evil Gideon: Is bound to turn him…

Gideon: Evil.

Evil Gideon: Good. We have to get those that protect him out of the way.

Gideon: Starting with Leo and Chris. (There’s a knock on the door. The door opens and Leo pokes his head in.)

Leo: (Echo) Gideon? (He sees him.) Hey, it looks like we’re gonna need that spell after all. Is there an echo in here?

Gideon: It’s poor acoustics. Have Piper gather her sisters, and I’ll get the spell.

Leo: Okay. You know, I don’t understand what happened. That potion should have worked.

Gideon: Like I said, time travel is tricky. You will still be escorting your son?

Leo: Well, I think so. I think it’s safest, don’t you?

Gideon: Absolutely. Gather everyone together. I’ll be right along.

(Leo leaves. Gideon goes back to the mirror and meets Evil Gideon.)

Gideons: Here they come.

[Scene: Outside Police Station. A police car pulls up into the drive. Phoebe and Paige run to Darryl.]

Phoebe: Darryl.

Paige: Hey Darryl.

Phoebe: Darryl. Stop. (They stop in front of Darryl.) We just need to talk to you.

Darryl: We have nothing to talk about.

Paige: Look, Chris is going home today to his future home.

Phoebe: Yeah, and we were hoping you know, that you could find it in the goodness of your heart, even though we know that you’re mad at us, you know, just, throw away his file.

Paige: The one with the little arrest warrant in it.

Darryl: Apparently, I haven’t made myself clear. I am done covering for you. Done. Now if you’ll excuse me.

(Darryl tries to walk past them, but Phoebe stops him.)

Phoebe: Darryl, think about it. Okay? The cops are gonna come for Chris, and what are they gonna find? They’re gonna find a little itsy-bitsy baby.

Paige: And then they’re gonna find us, which risks exposure.

Darryl: Well, maybe you should have thought of that before you broke Chris out of jail. Inspector Sheridan thinks that Chris’ breakout was an inside job, which, if I’m not careful, could point back to me. I’ve got a family to think about, too, you know. (He sees Inspector Sheridan.) Great. (She stops next to him.) Inspector Sheridan.

Sheridan: Have you seen Chris lately?

Phoebe: Chris who?

Sheridan: (To Darryl) When you have a minute.

(Sheridan and Darryl walk into the office.)

Paige: At least Chris isn’t gonna have to deal with her in the future.

Leo: No. It’s too dangerous. Remember the last time you went through a portal? You were almost dinosaur kibble. I have to go.

(Gideon comes in.)

Gideon: Sorry. I just wanted to go over the spell one more time, make a few tweaks.

Piper: Tweaks? Let me see that.

(Piper takes the spell from Gideon’s hands. Phoebe and Paige orb in.)

Chris: Finally. Where have you two been?

Paige: Sorry. We were a little, uh…held up.

Phoebe: But we’re here now, so let’s get this show on the road, you know? The clock’s a-tickin’. Tick-tock, tick-tock.

Piper: Since when are you in such a hurry to say goodbye?

Phoebe: Well, since something happened with the thing, and the thing, with the thing.

Chris: Huh?

Phoebe: There’s a warrant out for Chris’s arrest.

Leo: What?

Paige: Yeah. I tried to get Darryl to bury it, but he’s not on our side anymore.

Phoebe: It’s okay. We’ve been through worse. We’ll get through this. We’ll figure it out. And if you get back to the future and we’re in jail, you just have to bust us out. (She smiles.) You just go back to that beautiful, peaceful world that you helped create. (She and Chris hug.) I’m really gonna miss you.

Chris: I’ll miss you too.

Paige: Aw. Here comes the huggin’ part.

(She gives him a hug. Chris hugs Piper.)

Piper: Thank you for coming here. I love you.

Chris: I love you so much, mom.

Piper: Now go on. Hurry. You be safe.

Chris: Thanks for all your help.

Gideon: You did a noble thing in coming here.

(Chris looks at Wyatt and makes a shooting sound.)

Chris: Pow. Be good.

(They turn to the triquetra.)

Piper/Phoebe/Paige: In this place and in this hour, we call upon the ancient power, open the door through time and space. (The portal opens.) Create a path to another place. (Chris and Leo walk into the portal.)

[Scene: Magic School. Leo and Chris walk through the portal and see the Evil Charmed Ones and Evil Gideon standing in front of them. Evil Gideon has a hand on Evil Phoebe’s shoulder.]

Paige: You’re not sure? Chris just tried to kill me, and you’re not sure? We were supposed to send him back to the future, not turn him into a Darklighter.

Piper: Excuse me, people. Those were black orbs. Where did they get black orbs from?

Phoebe: Breathe. Breathe, Piper. You don’t wanna go into labor yet.

(Phoebe rubs Piper’s stomach.)

Paige: Well?

Gideon: Perhaps the spell wasn’t specific enough.

Phoebe: Meaning what?

Gideon: Meaning it worked, obviously. It opened up a portal. Not to another time, but to another world. A parallel world, not just any parallel world. One that’s the exact reverse of ours.

Paige: Reverse like what? Reverse like evil?

Gideon: Precisely. You see, it’s all part of the grand design. A universe destined to maintain balance. Light and dark, yin and yang, good and evil. For good to prevail in this world, then an equally evil world must also exist.

Paige: Yeah. Stuck ‘em in a classroom, and, you know, they can’t orb out of there.

Phoebe: They are a little feistier than the real Chris and Leo. I don't know how we're going to get them to cooperate.

Gideon: Hmm. Well, I'm sure your evil counterparts are anticipating exactly the same problems since, other than morality, you're one and the same.

Phoebe: How does that help us figure out what we're supposed to do?

Gideon: Perhaps you should trade yourselves. You go into their world, they'll come into ours. You can each retrieve your respective Leo and Chris.

Paige: Kind of makes sense.

Phoebe: And what about your evil counterpart? Will he be hip to this plan?

Gideon: I have every confidence that he will be waiting there exactly as I am here. But remember, good or evil, we're all after the same thing – Leo and Chris returned and the cosmic balance restored.

Phoebe: Get Piper. We're gonna need the Power of Three.

[Scene: Magic School. Mirror world. A portal opens and Phoebe and Paige walks through. They see the Magic School darker and more evil.]

Paige: Okay, where is everybody? Isn’t Piper supposed to be here?

Phoebe: This is weird. I don't think we should be here. We should get out of here.

(Suddenly an energy ball flies at them. They scream and duck. Evil Gideon walks up to them.)

Evil Gideon: What are you doing? You're not supposed to be here.

(Paige and Phoebe look back at the portal. It closes.)

[Cut to Good Magic School. Piper sees the portal close.]

Piper: Why didn’t they come through? Where are they?

Gideon: I don’t know. (Piper takes panicked breath. She puts a hand around her stomach and goes toward a chair.) Easy Piper. Try to relax. (Piper sits down.) We wouldn’t want you to go into premature labor now, would we?

(He looks at Wyatt.)

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[Scene: Evil Magic School. Phoebe, Paige, and Evil Gideon are there.]

Evil Gideon: You have no idea what you’ve done. Just by coming here, you may have thrown both worlds irreversibly out of balance.

Paige: Okay, well, doesn’t killing us sort of do that, too?

Evil Gideon: Don’t be ridiculous. If I wanted to kill you, I would have. I was just, caught off guard.

Phoebe: Well, you need to relax there, tiger.

Evil Gideon: It’s a different world, Pheebs. One filled with distrust, even amongst allies.

Phoebe: I don't understand. Where are your Paige and Phoebe?

Evil Gideon: Out looking for your Leo and Chris. They were supposed to bring them back here.

Phoebe: Well, your Leo and Chris are at our magic school waiting to be rescued. (Evil Gideon puts a hand on Phoebe’s shoulder.) Yes.

Paige: Okay, this is just one big mess. What happened to the whole yin-yang business?

Evil Gideon: It's been thrown off, possibly as a result of the exchange of Leo and Chris. Two worlds that mirror each other when they're in balance. And they no longer are.

Phoebe: Yeah, that's not much different in our world. Trust us, we can handle it.

Paige: Yeah.

Evil Gideon: Your instincts are right to distruct me. I am evil, after all. But we both want the same thing.

Paige: Okay, well there’s a little problem with that because your girls didn’t uphold their end of the bargain. They did not find our guys.

Evil Gideon: But you will. You know them, know how they think.

Phoebe: Okay, so we’re gonna bring you your Chris and Leo, and then what/

Evil Gideon: You’ll have our Piper for a Power-of-Three spell. She’ll know it’s the only way to get her men back. And if you encounter your counterparts, be careful. They will kill you.

(Paige and Phoebe orb out.)

[Scene: Prescott Street. Rats are on trashcans. Broken cars are in the streets. There are unkempt and dirty yards around the houses with trash littering in the streets. People yell at each other. A man steals a purse. The other neighbors ignore it. Paige and Phoebe duck out from behind an abandoned car. They look around.]

Paige: Okay, this place isn’t just evil, it’s ugly.

Phoebe: Oh, I don’t think they’re home. And I don’t wanna go in there to find out.

Good Barbas: I know the truth of all your hopes because I can feel your greatest hope inside here, the hope that one day to return home. (He’s talking to Leo and Chris.) Oh, and of course, your presence here gives me great hope, the hope that someplace there really is a different kind of world, a world where the greater good, the, uh, the goodness of the heart prevails.

(He walks past them, putting a hand on Leo’s shoulder.)

Chris: Is he for real?

Leo: He must be. Demon of Fear in our world must be the Demon of Hope here. (To Good Barbas) Question is, do you have enough power to send us back?

Good Barbas: Oh, alas, no, I do not, not if you were brought here by the Power of Three. But, however, hope springs eternal, so I may be able to persuade the sisters of my world to help us simply by relying on their greatest hope, the hope to reunite with your counterparts, and then, maybe… (He waves his hand over Chris’ face.) You will be able to return to your time before it’s too late as you hope.

(He begins to touch Chris, but he slaps his hand away.)

Chris: Whoa. Don't touch me.

(Paige and Phoebe orb in.)

Paige: Oh, thank god.

Good Barbas: Quickly, orb away. I will deal with them. I've done it before.

Leo: No, it's okay. They're the good ones.

Chris: Trust us. They're not evil.

(Evil Phoebe and Evil Paige walks up.)

Evil Phoebe: No, but we are.

(Evil Paige waves.)

[Scene: Good Magic School. Piper’s bedroom. Piper is lying on the bed, in labor. Mrs. Winterbourne is there too.]

(Both Paiges and Phoebes turn around. Paige and Phoebe orb out and Evil Paige and Evil Phoebe black orb out. The orbs hit each other in mid air, sending each pair of sisters back, landing and reforming. They all stand up.)

Gideon: "Wanton powers in this blade, yield, penetrate that which would shield." (An athame is above him. It glows. He takes it and goes over to Wyatt, who’s sitting in the middle of the carpet with his force field on. The athame touches the shield and it powers down.) I’m truly sorry, but this is for the greater good.

(The athame orbs out of Gideon’s grip and orbs back in, stabbing him. Gideon screams in pain. He pulls the athame out and goes to strike Wyatt, but feels a lot of pain. He hears chanting.)

[Cut to Mirror World. Manor. Attic. Evil Gideon puts down the athame as both sets of Phoebes and Paiges are chanting a spell. Leo and Chris are there.]

Phoebes/Paiges: “We call upon ancient lore to punish with the power of four, strike down this threat from both there and here, make him suffer, then disappear."

(Gideon black orbs out. Evil Wyatt sits on the floor crying.)

Phoebes: Wyatt, thank god.

(Both Phoebes take a step forward. They stop. Phoebe backs up and Evil Phoebe goes over to pick up Evil Wyatt. Chris and Leo walk into the attic.)

Gideon: Still, we healed each other and we can try again, especially now that we can breach Wyatt's shield.

Evil Gideon: But the sisters know about us now. Worse, the imbalance has caused a shift in both worlds.

Gideon: Which we should be able to use to our advantage to distract them whilst we complete our task. We created the imbalance. We should be able to repair the shift, and when we do, we'll make sure that the sisters forget everything.

Leo: There's my brave little guy. Quick, the portal's closing. We gotta get their men back through.

Chris: I'll get 'em.

(Chris orbs out. Leo picks up Wyatt.)

Leo: Hey, buddy. I got ya.

Phoebe: Okay, so if Evil Piper's in labor, that means our Piper must be, too. We gotta get to the hospital.

Paige: Okay, we have to get the bag.

(They leave.)

[Cut to front door. Paige and Phoebe step out. They see the sun shining, the sky clear, and a beautiful rainbow over it. The streets are clean. Children play nearby. The neighbors and workers on the street wave to the sisters.]